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• Study: Asian immigrants to US giving birth at higher rates

  26-10-2016 23:27
  
  PHOENIX — Trish La Chica migrated from the Philippines to the United States six years ago in search of the American experience and a graduate degree. La Chica got her master’s in public administration and is now the policy director at a nonprofit health organization in Hawaii. Two weeks ago, she gave birth to a […]
  
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• SkyWest pilot suspected drunk, arrested in South Dakota

  26-10-2016 23:27
  
  RAPID CITY, S.D. — Police arrested the pilot of a SkyWest Airlines plane on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol Wednesday before the passenger jet could leave a South Dakota airport. Rapid City police were notified shortly after 8 a.m. Wednesday that the pilot smelled of alcohol. Police said they determined the 38-year-old […]
  
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• Slain teen’s dad sentenced for not signing as sex offender

  26-10-2016 23:25
  
  LUBBOCK, Texas — The father of a slain 18-year-old West Texas girl has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for not registering as a sex offender. Christopher Jeffcoat was indicted on the charge about three months after his 18-year-old daughter, Holli Jeffcoat, was found dead in her home near Lubbock. The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (http://bit.ly/2f8pRGI) […]
  
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• Police: Suspects arrested in Phoenix patio furniture thefts

  26-10-2016 23:24
  
  PHOENIX — Two people accused of stealing patio furniture from outside Phoenix homes have been arrested. Phoenix police say 34-year-old John Norris and 32-year-old Yvonne Romero are facing charges of theft and trafficking stolen property. It was unclear Wednesday if either has an attorney yet. They say Norris and Romero were in a pickup truck […]
  
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• In a first in 25 years, U.S. abstains in U.N. vote condemning its Cuba policy

  26-10-2016 23:23
  
  For the first time in a quarter-century, the United States abstained Wednesday in the annual United Nations vote condemning the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba. Samantha Power, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said that the embargo was fully within international law but that it was “a perfect example of why the U.S. policy […]
  
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• Northbound I-25 lane reopened after crash near Belen

  26-10-2016 23:16 via krqe.com
  
  BELEN, N.M. (KRQE) – After a brief closure, traffic is moving once again on northbound I-25 near Belen.
  According to NM Roads, the crash was at mile marker 190. At this time the right lane remains closed.
  Drivers should expect delays and seek an alternative route.
  Details about the crash have not been released.
  For more traffic information, click here.
   
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• Northbound I-25 lane closed after crash near Belen

  26-10-2016 23:16 via krqe.com
  
  BELEN, N.M. (KRQE) – After a brief closure, traffic is moving once again on northbound I-25 near Belen.
  According to NM Roads, the crash was at mile marker 190. At this time the right lane remains closed.
  Drivers should expect delays and seek an alternative route.
  Details about the crash have not been released.
  For more traffic information, click here.
   
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• United Blood Services hosts blood drive

  26-10-2016 22:28
  
  United Blood Services and Dynamic Taekwondo Academy are teaming up to help a brave boy fighting a tough health condition.
  
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• Updated: Feds deny petition seeking probe of Nissan transmissions

  26-10-2016 21:28
  
  DETROIT — U.S. safety regulators have decided not to open a formal investigation into complaints that transmissions can fail in more than 857,000 Nissan trucks. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration denied a 4-year-old petition from the North Carolina Consumers Council that sought the probe. The agency says that of 2,505 complaints it received, 638 […]
  
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• Quake shakes central Italy, 2 injured and buildings fall

  26-10-2016 21:26 via krqe.com
  
  ROME (AP) — A 5.4-magnitude earthquake rattled central Italy on Wednesday, knocking out power, closing a major highway and sending panicked residents into the rain-drenched streets just two months after a powerful temblor killed nearly 300 people.
  Two people were injured in the Visso area near the quake epicenter, but otherwise there were no other immediate reports of victims, said Italy’s civil protection chief, Fabrizio Curcio. Old churches crumbled and other buildings were damaged
  
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• PNM hosts low-income assistance fair at St. Pius

  26-10-2016 21:21
  
  Karyn Scott with PNM talks with KOB about its upcoming low-income assistance fair at St. Pius High School.
  
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• New Mexico National Guard launches probe into bonuses

  26-10-2016 20:08 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The New Mexico National Guard says it is investigating if its soldiers received improper enlistment bonuses like those reportedly paid to some soldiers in California.
  New Mexico National Guard Joseph Vigil said late Tuesday officials are doing “due diligence” to determine if any of New Mexico members were affected.
  Vigil did not say if the New Mexico National Guard so far has found any soldiers who received improper enlistment bonuses.
  U.S. Defense Secr
  
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• Base: New Mexico licenses good for entry until Oct. 10, 2017

  26-10-2016 19:58 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Officials at a military base in New Mexico say the state’s driver’s licenses and IDs will continue to be accepted as identification good for entry into the base until Oct. 10, 2017.
  An announcement Wednesday by the 27th Special Operations Wing at Cannon Air Force Base in Clovis cites an update to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s website.
  The websites of Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque and Holloman Air Force base in Alamogordo as of W
  
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• New: New Mexico bond rating downgraded by national agency

  26-10-2016 19:52
  
  A national credit rating agency has downgraded New Mexico’s top rating for general obligation bonds, a move that could drive up future borrowing rates.
  
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• Updated: Displaced Iraqis watch Mosul offensive with longing and fear

  26-10-2016 19:36
  
  BAHARKA CAMP, Iraq — Reports about the battle for Mosul play on the TV set in the makeshift barber shop where Faris Khatham cuts hair, but sometimes the news is so overwhelming that he has to change the channel to a sports program. For Khatham and the more than 4,000 displaced people in the Baharka […]
  
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• Updated: Arby’s to sell venison sandwiches in 6 deer-hunting states

  26-10-2016 19:34
  
  ATLANTA — Deer hunting season is on the way, but fans of venison might not have to trek out into the woods this year to get their fix. Arby’s has announced that it will be offering venison sandwiches this fall in six states where deer hunting is popular. The Atlanta-based chain says its sandwich will […]
  
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• There’s a difference between talking about Trump’s accusers and being ‘fascinated by sex’

  26-10-2016 19:33
  
  Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House, slammed Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly on Tuesday night for the way she has covered the sexual assault and harassment accusations against Donald Trump. “You are fascinated with sex,” he said during a televised tangle on Kelly’s show, “and you don’t care about public policy.” The charge […]
  
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• Lobo women picked 6th in MWC preseason basketball poll

  26-10-2016 19:27
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS. –The UNM women’s basketball team has been picked to finish sixth in the Mountain West preseason poll, but did receive one first-place vote. The voting panel consisted of the league’s 11 head coaches and select women’s basketball media from around the Conference. Junior Cherise Beynon and freshman Mykiel Burleson earned preseason honors. Beynon was […]
  
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• Man who buried friend in Kingman backyard pleads guilty

  26-10-2016 19:21
  
  KINGMAN, Ariz. — A Kingman man who is accused of killing his friend and then burying him in his backyard has pleaded guilty. The Kingman Daily Miner reports (http://bit.ly/2dITc9P ) that 63-year-old Richard Polaski on Monday pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of second-degree murder in the death of John Holland. If the judge accepts […]
  
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• General: Extremists plotting attacks on West from Raqqa

  26-10-2016 19:21
  
  WASHINGTON — The commander of the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State group says there’s an urgent need to encircle the extremists’ stronghold in the Syrian city of Raqqa because of intelligence warnings that attacks on Western targets are being plotted there. Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend spoke to reporters at the Pentagon on Wednesday […]
  
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• Researchers: Prescribe anti-overdose drug alongside opioids

  26-10-2016 19:09 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – University of New Mexico researchers have developed a new protocol for patients relying on opioid painkillers: having doctors co-prescribe an anti-overdose drug.
  The Albuquerque Journal reports that researchers studied 164 patients at the UNM Pain Center for a year and published their findings in the journal Substance Abuse in April.
  Narcotic painkillers were responsible for nearly half of New Mexico’s drug overdose deaths in 2014. Many people, however, depen
  
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• Pentagon chief suspends reimbursement for enlistment bonuses

  26-10-2016 18:43 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a public outcry, Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Wednesday ordered the Pentagon to suspend its effort to seek repayments of enlistment bonuses given to thousands of California National Guard members who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
  Carter’s decision comes in the wake of angry reaction from congressional Republicans and Democrats who demanded he relieve the burden on Guard members following a news report that soldiers were being asked to repay debts that in
  
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• Today in History: October 26

  26-10-2016 18:38 via krqe.com
  
  Today in History
  Today is Wednesday, Oct. 26, the 300th day of 2016. There are 66 days left in the year.
  Today’s Highlight in History:
  On Oct. 26, 1861, the legendary Pony Express officially ceased operations, giving way to the transcontinental telegraph. (The last run of the Pony Express was completed the following month.)
  On this date:
  In 1774, the First Continental Congress adjourned in Philadelphia.
  In 1825, the Erie Canal opened in upstate New York, connecting Lake Erie and the Hudson
  
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• What to watch for in Game 2 of the World Series

  26-10-2016 18:23 via krqe.com
  
  What to watch for tonight in Game 2 of the World Series.
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  TIME CHANGE
  Fans planning to see the first pitch will need to tune in earlier than expected. The start time was moved up an hour to 7:08 p.m. EDT because there’s rain in the Cleveland forecast. Major League Baseball announced the shift Tuesday night midway through Game 1.
  “I’d rather do that than have the game start at 8, and then get caught in the latter part of the game with some rain. So I think it’s a good
  
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• Police investigate vandalizing of Trump’s Hollywood star

  26-10-2016 18:15 via krqe.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police are investigating the vandalizing of Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
  Det. Meghan Aguilar says investigators were called to the scene before dawn Wednesday following reports that the presidential candidate’s star was destroyed by blows from a hammer.
  A man who identified himself as Jamie Otis says he’s responsible for the damage. Otis tells Deadline Hollywood that he originally intended to remove Trump’s star.
  
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• New Mexico extends eligibility for childcare assistance

  26-10-2016 18:05 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico child welfare officials say more families will be able to keep kids enrolled in childcare programs longer without having to reapply for assistance.
  The state Children, Youth and Families Department says it’s now allowing families to maintain their eligibility for childcare assistance for 12 consecutive months. The previous certification period was only six months.
  Secretary Monique Jacobson says the change will help reduce temporary lapses in eligibil
  
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• New Mexico struggles to close government spending gap

  26-10-2016 17:42 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New figures from state economists show New Mexico government continues to spend beyond its means even after the enactment of special solvency measures by the governor.
  A report released Tuesday by the Legislative Finance Committee shows that state government still has $103 million more in planned expenses than estimated revenues for the current budget year.
  New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez signed off this week on a package of legislation designed to shore up the state&
  
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• Artist mows giant Trump portrait in Italian cornfield

  26-10-2016 17:20
  
  An Italian land artist has used his tractor to transform a field near the Italian city of Verona into a…
  
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• Students witness shooting of teen outside Utah middle school

  26-10-2016 17:11 via krqe.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Dozens of students at a middle school in a Salt Lake City suburb witnessed a shooting in which a 16-year-old boy was critically wounded by another teenager during an argument, police said.
  The shooting outside Union Middle School in Sandy occurred just as students were leaving school for the day about 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sandy police Sgt. Dean Carriger said.
  Police arrested a 14-year-old who they believe was the shooter, Carriger said.
  The victim was taken by ambulance to
  
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• Stolen base at World Series means free tacos at Taco Bell

  26-10-2016 17:10
  
  A stolen base in the World Series means free tacos for everyone next week at Taco Bell. Cleveland Indians shortstop…
  
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• Who’s Driving app aims to help parents in need of a carpool

  26-10-2016 17:01
  
  MINNEAPOLIS — Busy parents who know the difficulties of arranging carpools for their kids now have a new application, Who’s Driving, to help. Entrepreneurs Paul and Anne Cramer created the app because as busy parents, they realized there had to be a better way than group text messages to manage rides for kids. In late […]
  
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• Updated: Despite ratings drop, Olympics boosts Comcast in 3Q

  26-10-2016 16:59
  
  NEW YORK — Comcast’s profit rose 12 percent in the July-September quarter thanks to the Olympics and the first third-quarter gains in video subscribers in a decade. NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke has said that the company made over $250 million in Rio as ad sales rose, even though Olympics ratings fell 16 percent in prime […]
  
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• Former Facebook Live manager bets on more private video sharing with Alively

  26-10-2016 16:54
  
  SAN MATEO, Calif. — Vadim Lavrusik tried to send a video of his son celebrating his first birthday to family in Minnesota, but the process didn’t exactly go smoothly. Sharing the video via text diminished the quality, and the file size was too large to attach to an email. After working as a product manager […]
  
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• Company asks pipeline protesters to leave North Dakota land

  26-10-2016 16:40 via krqe.com
  
  CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — The developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline said Tuesday that the dozens of protesters who have camped on company-owned land since the weekend are trespassing and that “lawless behavior will not be tolerated.”
  Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners said in a statement that it wants all protesters to vacate its land in North Dakota immediately.
  “Alternatively and in coordination with local law enforcement and county/state officials, all trespasse
  
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• Subaru recalls 4 models; turbo air pump can catch fire

  26-10-2016 16:24 via krqe.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Subaru is recalling more than 100,000 of its top-selling models in the U.S. because a turbocharger air pump can run continuously, overheat and could cause fires.
  The recall covers certain 2007 to 2009 Legacy and Outback vehicles, some 2008 to 2014 Imprezas and certain 2009 to 2013 Foresters. All the cars and SUVs have turbocharged engines. Subaru says in government documents that a relay controlling a secondary air injection pump can fail, causing the pump to run continuousl
  
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• Wednesday’s Morning Rush Video, 5 Facts: Teens involved in car chase are no strangers to police

  26-10-2016 15:36 via krqe.com
  
  The 5 Facts You Need to Know
  1. New details in a dangerous chase that ended in a crash, injuring a police officer and a deputy. Four of the five teens accused in the incident appeared in juvenile court Tuesday. According to a criminal complaint, they range in age from 13 to 19. Investigators say deputies spotted the group on the road after they lured another man to a home Friday, held him and gunpoint and took his car. The 16-year-old driver led police on a chase before crashing into an off
  
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• Rio Rancho police unveil memorial to officer killed on duty

  26-10-2016 15:32 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – Rio Rancho police are remembering one of their own. Officer Anthony Haase died in the line of duty two years ago in a car crash.
  Anthony HaaseOfficer Haase died in a crash on his way to a domestic violence call. The call came in early in the morning stating man was reportedly threatening family members with a gun. Haase’s police cruiser went off the road and hit a ditch.
  He was just 24 years old. He left behind a wife, parents and siblings.
  Dozens
  
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• Rio Rancho police unveil memorial for officer killed on duty

  26-10-2016 15:32 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – Rio Rancho police are remembering one of their own. Officer Anthony Haase died in the line of duty two years ago in a car crash.
  Anthony HaaseOfficer Haase died in a crash on his way to a domestic violence call. The call came in early in the morning stating man was reportedly threatening family members with a gun. Haase’s police cruiser went off the road and hit a ditch.
  He was just 24 years old. He left behind a wife, parents and siblings.
  Dozens
  
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• Rio Rancho police to honor officer killed on duty

  26-10-2016 15:32 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – Rio Rancho police are set to honor one of their own Wednesday.
  Anthony Phillip Haase died in the line of duty two years ago. Haase had only been an officer for five months when he crashed his cruiser at the intersection of Idalia and Iris.
  Police say it happened about 3 a.m. when Haase was en route to a domestic violence call.
  A man was reportedly threatening family members with a gun. While heading to the call, Officer Haase’s unit left the road and hi
  
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• Rio Rancho police to honor fallen Officer Haase

  26-10-2016 15:32 via krqe.com
  
  RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – Rio Rancho police are set to honor one of their own Wednesday.
  Anthony Phillip Haase died in the line of duty two years ago. Haase had only been an officer for five months when he crashed his cruiser at the intersection of Idalia and Iris.
  Police say it happened about 3 a.m. when Haase was en route to a domestic violence call.
  A man was reportedly threatening family members with a gun. While heading to the call, Officer Haase’s unit left the road and hi
  
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• 10 things you didn’t know about Hillary Clinton

  26-10-2016 15:25 via krqe.com
  
  (MEDIA GENERAL) — Hillary Clinton has been in the public eye for a long time and the basic biographical details of her life are of course well known. Here, though, are some of the noteworthy things about the Democratic presidential nominee that you may not have heard yet:
  1. BEFORE POLITICS, SHE WANTED TO BE AN ASTRONAUT
  When she was 13, she wrote a letter to NASA asking them what she had to do to become an Astronaut. They wrote back telling her that girls couldn’t be astronauts.
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• Fires break out amid evacuation of French migrant camp

  26-10-2016 15:19 via krqe.com
  
  CALAIS, France (AP) — Large portions of the makeshift refugee camp known as “the jungle” went up in flames Wednesday, as departing migrants set fire to shelters and tents before police moved in to relocate them out of northern France.
  Hundreds of French police have swooped into the camp near the city of Calais, where thousands fleeing war and poverty have lived in squalor as they waited for a chance to sneak across the English Channel into Britain. Police are moving migrants to
  
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• Apple’s quarterly sales fall, but forecast calls for gains

  26-10-2016 15:16 via krqe.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After stumbling in 2016, Apple is betting on a better year ahead.
  The Silicon Valley tech giant is forecasting a return to growth in iPhone sales this winter, after a rare slump that dropped a wet blanket on Apple’s revenue and stock performance over the last three quarters.
  The company is also set to unveil new Mac computers later this week, hoping to boost lagging interest in a set of products that are symbolically significant even if they’re less financi
  
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• Local group saved dozens of horses during the Dog Head Fire

  26-10-2016 15:09 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – All that’s left of the destructive Dog Head Fire are charred reminders of the devastation it left behind.
  A dozen homes burned, 18,000 acres scorched, but no deaths were reported and nearly 100 horses were saved. But how was that possible when those who lived through it were racing against time?
  As the Dog Head Fire grew and the fire line inched closer to homes in the Manzano Mountains, some had to leave at a moment’s notice, all the while t
  
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• Support pours in for girl in need of surgery

  26-10-2016 14:27
  
  People have has really stepped up to help an Albuquerque girl needing serious medical care.
  
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• UNMH union reps: Support workers received $10 minimum wage last year

  26-10-2016 14:26
  
  Union workers at University of New Mexico Hospital are fuming over something pointed out in a story on the ballot question to keep funding the hospital with property tax money.
  
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• Down payment assistance

  26-10-2016 14:06
  
  Know this: if you are looking to purchase a home, you may not need that down payment you think you do. There is a program right here in Albuquerque and all across New Mexico that is available to first time homebuyers as well as non-first time homebuyers with low to moderate income. The down payment assistance grant is used to finance single-family, owner-occupied residences […]
  
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• Toys for Tots registration happening Wednesday

  26-10-2016 14:04 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M (KRQE) – Wednesday, October 26th is your second chance to register for this year’s Toys for Tots program.
  Toy for Tots is a program where unwrapped toys are collected each year and distributed to needy children as Christmas gifts.
  This year, registration will take place at eight different locations from 9 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.
  Monday, October 17, 2016 – Barelas Community Ctr. 801 Barelas Rd SW
  Wednesday, October 26, 2016 – Alamosa Community Ctr.
  
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• 10 things you didn’t know about Donald Trump

  26-10-2016 13:17 via krqe.com
  
  (MEDIA GENERAL) — Donald Trump has kept a high profile for years before throwing his hat into the 2016 presidential race but there are things you might not know about the billionaire businessman turned GOP presidential nominee. Below are 10 interesting facts about Trump.
  1. Trump attended military school
  Donald John Trump as pictured in his 1964 New York Military Academy yearbook. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)Citing “behavior problems,” Trump’s parents sent him away to the
  
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• Updated: Police: 7-year-old gets pills instead of toy from dispenser

  26-10-2016 13:06
  
  Police in New Hampshire say a 7-year-old girl inserted coins into a toy dispenser and received a plastic capsule filled…
  
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